Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar

Biography

Dr. Behzadfar joined The Creative School at Toronto Met as an assistant professor in 2020. Dr. Behzadfar is a member of TMU's graduate studies with an appointment in the Chemical Engineering and Environmental Applied Science and Management programs. Prior to joining TMU, Dr. Behzadfar spent two years at Lakehead University and currently holds an adjunct appointment there. Dr. Behzadfar is a member of International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI) and serves as a board member in the Ontario section of Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE).

Prior to the academic career, Dr. Behzadfar was a process specialist at Husky Injection Molding Systems, a leading manufacturer of food packaging machinery. Dr. Behzadfar combines experimentation with analytical and semi-analytical modeling to construct relationships between the structure-process-property of complex polymeric materials, such as multilayer polymers. Prior to Husky, Dr. Behzadfar was a postdoctoral fellow at Professor Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos’ Laboratory at the University of British Columbia (UBC). 
 

Education

• Visiting Scholar, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota (UMN), 2019
  
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC), 2014-2015
  
• Ph.D., Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC), 2014
• M.Sc., Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnique), 2008
• B.Sc., Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnique), 2006
   

Selected Courses

• GCM 826 - Plastics and Packaging
• GCM 746 - Sustainability in Print and Packaging
• GCM 375 - Project Management
   

Areas of Academic Interest

Sustainable Design and Processing of Materials, Rheology of Complex Fluids, Structure-Process-Property of Polymers; Sustainable Polymer Packaging; Bio-polymers, and Bio-composite material

Spotlight

With the decline of natural resources, sustainability is a must for all materials design and engineering activities, including polymeric packages. Our motive is to foster the greener and more responsible materials design and processing practices while introducing advanced functionalities to end products. We are interested in understanding the structure-process-property relationship for materials in polymers and bio-composite materials through fundamental approaches to modern physics.
 

Selected Publications & Patents

Please visit Ehsan's Google Scholar webpage by clicking here (external link, opens in new window) .

Professional Membership & Activities

• Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO)
  
• Society of Plastic Engineering (SPE)
  
• Society of Rheology (SOR)
• International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI)
• Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers (CSChE)
• Canadian Society of Rheology (CSR)
  
  

Media Coverage

• Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar on the intersection of engineering and creativity to produce planet-friendly packaging (external link, opens in new window) 
• How to make sustainability a way of life in your business (external link, opens in new window) 
• Infrastructure funding helps build TMU research programs (opens in new window) 
• The future of packaging is eco-conscious (opens in new window) 
• TMU prof receives funding for eco-conscious packaging research (external link, opens in new window)